Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Oct 2009 21:51 UTC, submitted by Jeremy LaCroix
"Kubuntu has been my favorite Linux distribution since the very first release. It was made specifically for us KDE fans, branded with beautiful Kubuntu-specific artwork and themes, contained the best Qt-based software, and dared to be different. In a world ruled by Ubuntu, it's given us KDE fans something to root for. Unfortunately, Kubuntu later became known as Canonical's third wheel, and each release seems to steadily diminish in quality. What's responsible for its current status, and what should be done to improve it?"
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2005-08-07
I know I'm going to get moderated as a troll for saying this, but here it is: The problem is with KDE not the various distros. For all the talk about how Gnome developers dumb down the interface and are constantly removing customization options, KDE is a mess of options with no consistent way of tweaking everything together. The KDE developers have been told time and time again that their users don't want the desktop toolbox and Aaron Seigo simply refuses to allow it to be removed.
Here's the elephant in the room--maybe the reason there have been so few good KDE distros in the last few years is because the distro managers are tired of having to deal with the arrogance of KDE developers?
Yeah I know OpenSUSE just voted to default on KDE, but they're one amongst a sea of Gnome distros...maybe that should tell us something?
--bornagainpenguin